House of the Rising Sun-Almanac Singers

[ti:House Of The Rising Sun] [ar:The Almanac Singers] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]House of the Rising Sun - Almanac Singers [00:20.40]There is a house in New Orleans [00:24.87]They call the Risin' Sun [00:28.00] [00:29.29]Been the ruin of a many a poor gal [00:33.13]And me oh God I'm one [00:36.08] [00:37.12]If I'd a-listened what mama said [00:41.30]I'd a-been at home today [00:44.75] [00:45.68]Being so young and foolish poor boy [00:49.28]I let a gambler lead me astray [00:52.81] [00:54.40]My mother she's a tailor [00:57.80] [00:58.61]She sewed those new blue jeans [01:01.92] [01:03.42]My sweetheart he's a drunkard Lord [01:07.31]Drinks down in New Orleans [01:11.11] [01:12.57]The only thing a drunkard needs [01:16.51]Is a suitcase and a trunk; [01:19.62] [01:20.78]The only time he's satisfied [01:24.75]Is when he's on a drunk [01:28.06] [01:29.06]Fills his glasses to the brim [01:32.39] [01:32.98]Passes them around [01:35.79] [01:36.78]The only pleasure that he gets out of life [01:40.44]Is a-hoboin' from town to town [01:43.59] [01:45.49]Go tell my baby sister [01:48.77] [01:49.46]Never do like I have done [01:52.76] [01:53.41]To shun that house in the New Orleans [01:57.20]That they call the Risin' Sun [02:00.47] [02:02.81]One foot's on the platform [02:06.47]The other on the train [02:09.55] [02:10.08]I'm going back to New Orleans [02:13.87]To wear that ball and chain [02:17.19] [02:19.52]Going back to New Orleans [02:23.12]My time is almost done; [02:26.49] [02:27.39]Going back to spend my life [02:31.02]Beneath that Rising Sun